Beyoncé released an anthemic song in 2011, “Run the World (Girls),” that became a top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It probably would have resonated even more strongly if she had put it out this year. Everywhere you looked in 2023, women were running the entertainment world.
That was true on the record charts, at the movies, at stadium shows, at awards shows, and more. Taylor Swift dominated the year just about as completely as The Beatles in 1964, Elton John in 1975, Bee Gees in 1978, Michael Jackson in 1983 and Adele in 2011. She topped the Billboard 200 with three albums in 2023 – more than any other artist — with Midnights (a carryover from 2022), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version).